Toxic water is threatening to pollute water supplies to almost four million people in a Chinese city. This is all happening to the city of Harbin following an explosion at a chemical plant nearly two weeks ago that released more than 100 times the safe.
A baby is born to a 2000 year-old mother. It’s exactly that. It’s a date palm seed that germinated earlier this year, and it is thriving. Israeli researchers who are cultivating the historic plant have informed this. The plant is nicknamed Methuselah…
Though you can blame nature straight away to an extent for the dramatic increase in the earth’s temperature, we can’t deny that man has contributed to this rise hugely. The increase in the use of fossil fuel is to be blamed. Global warming is doubling..
Name the greenest of all the fuels by which cars are currently driven. Guessed a few? But, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) definition of them will entirely change the interpretation of “bio-fuels” to exclude the greenest of all the fuels by which cars…
With polar islands shrinking and ocean islands sinking, as a consequence of global warming, an island in British Overseas Territory is expanding out of a rare volcanic eruption. It is the Montagu Island, an erupting volcano in the South Sandwich…
We have heard of various species that may disappear with the dramatic change in the world climate. But, an outbreak of an insect! And that too butterfly! As a response to rapid global warming, the weather is getting wackier. And this is leading to a…
It’s really wonderful to get eco-friendly. But, did you ever find out if your eco-lifestyle makes you environmentally irresponsible? In an effort to built an artificial nature around us, we sometimes land up annihilating, rather robbing the natural…
Good news for the conservationists who are concerned with widespread attack of several species of white pines by blister rust! You can save them now. A fungus will be your solution. Yes, a fungus. But, parasitic fungi are someway or the other harmful…
Fish delicacies are loved in various places across the world. It is really pleasing to find your host inviting you to his place with a dish of fish delicacy. But, it’s different for the Alabama residents, who catch and consumes their own fish….
Yet another discovery after the Tyrannosaurus rex. The extinct swimming reptiles known as mosasaurs have also evolved. But, what is the missing link? It is a lizard whose fossilized bones were discovered near Dallas, Texas, 16 years ago! A new study…